Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:48 pm  

Liam Kay, 47 tackles against Leeds, highest of the season.

Must be a different Liam Kay to the one that gets steam rollered in every game he plays

The completely knackered/injury prone Ashurst, not worth more than a one year deal is ever present and the clubs man of steel.

So if we do sign Gale, then going on fans knowledge (myself included) I expect 5 try assists and impeccable kicking in every game he plays

Lineham err let's forget about that one.

Coaches aye, what do they know

Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:53 pm  

vastman wrote:

Liam Kay, 47 tackles against Leeds, highest of the season.

Must be a different Liam Kay to the one that gets steam rollered in every game he plays

The completely knackered/injury prone Ashurst, not worth more than a one year deal is ever present and the clubs man of steel.

So if we do sign Gale, then going on fans knowledge (myself included) I expect 5 try assists and impeccable kicking in every game he plays


Lineham err let's forget about that one.

Coaches aye, what do they know

They should know not to sign Minn or Mimm I can’t remember or the chap from the armed forces or even the one from London who had been injured for the previous season. We then have the supporter who wanted the club to offload Fifita to Catalan because he was clearly not interested in playing for us. This same supporter is now trying to sell the virtues of signing Gale. Yes it is possible to quote Finn but what about Atkins who we resigned towards the end of his career.

Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:50 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

They should know not to sign Minn or Mimm I can’t remember or the chap from the armed forces or even the one from London who had been injured for the previous season. We then have the supporter who wanted the club to offload Fifita to Catalan because he was clearly not interested in playing for us. This same supporter is now trying to sell the virtues of signing Gale. Yes it is possible to quote Finn but what about Atkins who we resigned towards the end of his career.

You really do lack any sense of humour or any ability to read the room. Please note the winks at the end, oh and the (myself included).

So just to help you through your paranoid, self obsessed, deluded nutterdom, I was including everyone under the basic premise that ALL fans know far less than they think they do and the people running the club/coaching know far more. And that if the coaches in particular ever read what was on here most would end up with a hernia from laughing.

I mean seriously, a player gets injured in a previous season so they should never be signed or play again, well Catalan have dropped an almighty b*llo*ck then, except they probably haven't. As I fully expect to see you on here next season expounding your rage as to why we let TJ go blah blah blah.

It is all great fun pontificating and chewing the cud on here, but when you take yourself too seriously then you've lost it. When did you first notice you'd lost it, oh sorry you hadn't, oh dear

Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:16 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

They should know not to sign Minn or Mimm I can’t remember or the chap from the armed forces or even the one from London who had been injured for the previous season. We then have the supporter who wanted the club to offload Fifita to Catalan because he was clearly not interested in playing for us. This same supporter is now trying to sell the virtues of signing Gale. Yes it is possible to quote Finn but what about Atkins who we resigned towards the end of his career.

And Brough who was also a flop bar a few decent games at start.

Regarding Gale I honestly hope we look at alternatives but if he does come I will give him a chance before I make my mind up.

Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:46 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

And Brough who was also a flop bar a few decent games at start.

Regarding Gale I honestly hope we look at alternatives but if he does come I will give him a chance before I make my mind up.

I've never got the Brough thing. Until he got injured against Wigan he was going really well. he was sublime against Leeds at Headingley. It was always a slight risk as the number of games he'd played must take a certain toll and maybe it should just have been a year (I can't remember if it was longer). But had he not broken his hand I reckon we'd have had a good season out of him.

The sad truth about injuries is that they are truly random. We could sign a 22 year old with no previous injuries and see him start a catalogue of injuries with us, it's just how it goes. Taufu came in after an injury but it wasn't that injury that got him it was just a broken arm and was totally unrelated. Ditto Sid I believe.

On the flip side Mr Injury himself Lee Gaskell has actually been pretty much injury free by his standards, and has put in a fair stint, who'd have thought.

Players are not like cars, mileage, make and model and regular servicing makes little difference, they just break when they break, so every single player signed is a risk IMHO.

I have never got and never will get this age thing. The only thing you lose with age is speed whilst picking up a bit of wear and tear. In every other respect older players are generally superior.

They are generally stronger, calmer and more focused, with far more experience, they are mentally far more resilient, and much less prone to distractions outside the sport. Whilst their skill sets and ability to read a game are in general far superior.

The greatest myth in RL and modern society in general is that youth is an advantage and age is a disadvantage, we really need to drop it as imho it's only superficial in most respects. Up until the late 80's most teams were predominantly made up of players in their late twenties early thirties, and in many ways were better for it. It was only the Aussie fitness obsession of the late 80's that stopped it in the UK. And that was purely because RL in the UK was still mostly part time and the infrastructure did not exist then to allow older players to catch up on fitness and they went out of fashion. Such a shame because we lost all our skill sets in pursuit of muscle and fitness whilst the Aussies kept theirs as their older full time players could stay fit.

We'd all love to be young again but almost all of us would want to do so knowing what we know now. Same with a player and if an old player is just on the right side of fitness and injuries, they will always IMO be the superior player other than in speed, and some players don't even lose that, amazingly.

Anyway that's how I see it.

Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:43 pm  

vastman wrote:

You really do lack any sense of humour or any ability to read the room. Please note the winks at the end, oh and the (myself included).

So just to help you through your paranoid, self obsessed, deluded nutterdom, I was including everyone under the basic premise that ALL fans know far less than they think they do and the people running the club/coaching know far more. And that if the coaches in particular ever read what was on here most would end up with a hernia from laughing.

I mean seriously, a player gets injured in a previous season so they should never be signed or play again, well Catalan have dropped an almighty b*llo*ck then, except they probably haven't. As I fully expect to see you on here next season expounding your rage as to why we let TJ go blah blah blah.

It is all great fun pontificating and chewing the cud on here, but when you take yourself too seriously then you've lost it. When did you first notice you'd lost it, oh sorry you hadn't, oh dear

And when did you realise you had to have an opinion on everything and I mean everything even when they are based on who knows. I guess you need to stay on the right side of the club or there will be no tea and sandwiches for you and your history suggests you like to be part of the outer circle of the club just like in the past. I guess you have your uses to them but don’t be fooled you are anything more than that. I think to do this you have forgotten you are a supporter so think of your fellow attendees and ask is whatever is proposed or done actually benefits us or covers for those running the club.

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Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:50 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

And when did you realise you had to have an opinion on everything and I mean everything even when they are based on who knows. I guess you need to stay on the right side of the club or there will be no tea and sandwiches for you and your history suggests you like to be part of the outer circle of the club just like in the past. I guess you have your uses to them but don’t be fooled you are anything more than that. I think to do this you have forgotten you are a supporter so think of your fellow attendees and ask is whatever is proposed or done actually benefits us or covers for those running the club.

I can't see why you think it's so bad for someone to talk to the club. You'd think he was breaking a picket line or something.

Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:24 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I can't see why you think it's so bad for someone to talk to the club. You'd think he was breaking a picket line or something.

It’s pure jealousy and malice and a clear desire to attack those who run the club and those who wish to help. Pimp is a walking tragedy who’s only capable of seeing everyone as the enemy. All part of a great conspiracy that only he can see and only he can fight against.

It doesn’t matter how many times I say I’ve only met the two directors once or that my main point of contact is via the clubs contact e-Mail. The same one available to anyone else.

He ignores the fact that I barely know MC or JM and couldn’t even tell you if I actually like them as people. I’ve had longer conversation with shop assistants. Slight exaggeration but you get the idea. You’d actually think I went to family events or sat on board meetings, I clearly don’t but he won’t let that worry him.

You can’t win with people like him because they are full of misery, they get a kick out of it. Never mind.

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Re: Most tackles in a game : Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:41 pm  

I was kinda hoping Scarlett would answer the question.

Re: Most tackles in a game : Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:28 am  

vastman wrote:

Liam Kay, 47 tackles against Leeds, highest of the season.

Must be a different Liam Kay to the one that gets steam rollered in every game he plays

The completely knackered/injury prone Ashurst, not worth more than a one year deal is ever present and the clubs man of steel.

So if we do sign Gale, then going on fans knowledge (myself included) I expect 5 try assists and impeccable kicking in every game he plays

Lineham err let's forget about that one.

Coaches aye, what do they know

One thing an older player gives you, is experience, but for me, personally, it's a blend of youth and experience.

Taking the Ashurst example, he's had a good season, and by far his best since 2018, you can understand, from a fans perspective there, doubts about the length of the extended deal.

Gale is a bit of a risk, and has missed a lot of games in the past 3 seasons, due to injury, and his discipline hasn't bee the best this year either. He may be a good organiser, which we need, but if his last 3 seasons are anything to go by, he could ve doing a fair bit of organising from the stands.

Would we get value for money?

If we were to bring him in, I certainly wouldn't be gambling on a long term deal.

Cogger and Norman are also names that are being brandished about too.

One thing you have to ask, is signings are going to be tight for next year, but it's only a few weeks ago, we were hoping to bring in AF, how would we have paid for him?